COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES -I would like to take some non-metricated courses online or at my local community college?

I have no prerequisite courses in this subject. Asked by IOU-0 45 months ago Similar questions: COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES I non metricated courses online local community college Education & Reference > Colleges & Universities.

Similar questions: COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES I non metricated courses online local community college.

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Depends on if you want emphasis on the Computer, or the Science. If you are really interested in Computer Science, then (after having mastered keyboarding and mouse use and web browsing and email and other basic computer skills, which I'm assuming you have since you are on Askville) you should start with a good basic programming skills course or two and discrete mathematics. For the programming skills course(s), the programming language used matters less than the concepts taught; look for course descriptions that mention keywords like variables and types, decision or selection statements or control structures, loop or iteration statements/control structures, recursion, data structures, arrays, linked lists, (binary search) trees, sorting and searching algorithms, structured programming, object-oriented programming, inheritance, polymorphism, debugging.

For discrete math, look for course descriptions that mention keywords like set theory, boolean algebra, predicate calculus, probability and statistics, big-O or running-time analysis, mathematical proof techniques. With those intro courses under your belt, then you will be well-prepared for later course in the science behind computers - such as designing your own programming languages and compilers, developing artificial intelligence systems, the theory and implementation of databases and Database Management Systems, theoretical computer science and the limits of computation, algorithms and proofs of their correctness, networking theory, writing your own operating systems, and software engineering (aka, "how to work in teams to develop commercial software"). ***** If, on the other hand, you are really interested in Computers and how to use them for your hobbies/job (and make the common mistake that that is what Computer Science is all about, which it isn't), then you should probably start with an intro.

Programming course in a language you actually want to use (Java, or Visual Basic, or Python, or whatever), and some other courses in using existing software in aspects of computers you are interested in. For the programming course, look for keywords like GUIs, web pages, databases, integrated development enviroments/IDEs, etc. , in addition to some of the keywords from the list above. For other courses, you might want to look into courses like "Databases using MS SQL" or "Creating Web Pages with Dreamweaver" or "Adding Javascript to Your Webpages" or "Creating Games using DirectX" or "Setting up a Cisco Network", i.e.

Courses that are about how to do specific things using specific technology. (Computer Science courses hardly ever teaches you a specific software application very well, since they know that the specific software/applications/programming languages will change every few years, and instead focus on the general theory of how such applications work; courses that are just looking to get you more job-marketable/practical skills will teach the specifics of a particular software package, and not go into the details of how they work as much.) Such courses and degrees are usually described more as Information Technology/Information Management/Information Systems than as Computer Science/Computer Engineering. Sources: experience as a university lecturer teaching intro ComSci courses .

Take the first one "Computer science" is a funny term. To call it a branch of mathematics concerned with describing the difficulty of problems would be technically correct, and as Futurama tells us, that is the best kind of correct. However, these days computer science generally refers to learning programming languages.

While a solid grasp of automata theory, linear algebra, algorithms, and data structures are important to career computer scientists, writing almost any normal program is surprisingly easy once you get the knack. If you'd like to get better at using a computer, computer science courses aren't what you're looking for (although they wouldn't actually hurt), but if you're interested in writing programs for fun (or, perish the thought, practical reasons) it's exactly the right place to be. I'd advise you to start at the beginning.

Take the most elementary course with programming in the title. It's less important which programming language the class focuses on than it is that the class be right for you. Every programming language is pretty much the same once you get the fundamentals down.

If there's no other difference, Java is a pretty good starting language to choose, and it has the bonus of being popular for many, many real production applications. If you post a list of course descriptions in the discussion, I'd be glad to recommend a good first one. And if you start taking a class or start studying on your own and hit a snag, feel free to ask about it here.

I need to reach level 3 in programming somehow :-) .

Computer Science courses aren't necessarily taught in metric vs. non-metric measurement systems; in fact, they tend to use binary numbering systems sometimes. :-) .

Computer Science courses aren't necessarily taught in metric vs. non-metric measurement systems; in fact, they tend to use binary numbering systems sometimes. :-).

2 basilisk:I think the asker is referring to non-credit courses, those that don't count towards a degree.

Basilisk:I think the asker is referring to non-credit courses, those that don't count towards a degree.

3 Ah. That was my guess too. I guess his spell-checker must have subsituted "metricated" for "credited".

:-) .

Ah. That was my guess too. I guess his spell-checker must have subsituted "metricated" for "credited".

:-).

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